MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
learning technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Students want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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